BBC defends coverage

The BBC’s Head of Television News has defended its recent coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, saying there is “unprecedented audience interest” in the story.

BBC defends coverage

Peter Horrocks responded to claims that the BBC had been “biased in favour of the McCanns”.

“I don’t think we have been biased in favour of them,” he wrote in his blog at the BBC website. “There are large parts of the audience who are massively sympathetic to them.

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